November 20, 2025
Finding a Fair Approach to Clean Energy Siting

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Event Details:
November 20, 2025
12:00 -1:00 PM EST
Online
Event Contact:
Mary Louks, Director, Events and Engagement [email protected]
About the event
Across the U.S., state policies for siting clean energy vary in terms of which level of government holds decision-making authority for projects. Amid the patchwork of policies, one thing is increasingly clear: prevailing approaches to siting and permitting fall short. A fair share approach offers what existing policies lack: a path of shared responsibility, balancing local and statewide interests and ensuring all communities contribute to meeting state goals.
In this webinar, CATF and the Center for Empowering Communities will introduce a “fair-share” policy model, put forward in our recent paper, A Fair Share for Clean Energy. We’ll begin with an overview of current siting policies from Clean Tomorrow, then explore how the core principles of a fair share approach could address existing challenges and where elements of this approach are already emerging in state policy. While there is unlikely to be one “off-the-shelf” model, we will discuss strategies for adapting this framework to fit existing regulatory contexts.
Speakers

Sarah Mills
Director, Center for Empowering Communities and Associate Professor of Practice, University of Michigan

Natalie Manitius
Senior Associate, Clean Air Task Force

Nelson Falkenburg
Siting Policy Manager, Clean Tomorrow